To protect wetlands, reach for your toolbox
CIFOR has released a new suite of tools to help those protecting vulnerable coastal forests.
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Tropical wetlands: A wild kingdom
Tropical peatlands are home to endangered species like orangutans and tigers.
Tropical wetlands: Soaking it up
Peatlands help mitigate natural disasters.
High-tech eyes on the forest seek to help curb climate change
In Kalimantan, CIFOR scientists take to the skies to scope out forests.
Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
More than 100,000 hectares of peatland forests are destroyed each year for oil palm and agricultural plantations.
Haze returns to Singapore – and we can expect more of it, new study warns
The smoke drifting over Singapore from burning Indonesian peatlands highlights the need for more research.
Singaporean Minister: Economic interests causing ‘environmental vandalism’
Vivian Blakrishnan delivered a blunt assessment of deforestation in Southeast Asia.
Indonesian president calls on successor to continue moratorium on forest concessions
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the remarks opening the 2014 Forests Asia Summit.
Research will be key to unlocking Indonesia haze crisis
A workshop in Jakarta highlighted the need for more answers.
Study to measure carbon in Peru’s peatlands
Lack of data for REDD+ and greenhouse gas emission reduction policies drives need to measure carbon stock of Peru's